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Christoph Meckel (12 June 1935 – 29 January 2020) was a German author and graphic artist. He received awards for his works which connect illustrations with the written text, sometimes texts by others.

Christoph Meckel
Meckel in 1974
Born(1935-06-12)12 June 1935
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Died29 January 2020(2020-01-29) (aged 84)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Poet
  • Graphic artist
Awards
  • Kasseler Literaturpreis
  • Josef Breitbach Prize
  • Hölty Prize
  • Antiquaria Prize

Life


Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his youth there, in Erfurt and in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attended Gymnasium.[1] In 1954/55 he studied graphic art at the Academy of Art in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1956 at the Academy of Art in München. Since 1956 he worked as both an author and graphic artist. His first poem appeared that year.[1] He traveled extensively through Europe, Africa, and America and lived in Oetingen in Markgräflerland, in Berlin, in southern France, and in Tuscany.[1]

His graphic work has appeared in numerous exhibitions.[2] Until his withdrawal in 1997, Meckel was a member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz and the Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt.

In her book "For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Childrearing and the Roots of Violence" Alice Miller provides quotes of Meckel on his childhood: Punishment followed on a grand scale. For ten days, an unconscionable length of time, my father blessed the palms of his child's outstretched four-year-old hands with a sharp twitch. Seven strokes a day on each hand: that makes one hundred and forty strokes and then some. This put an end to the child's innocence. Whatever it was that happened in Paradise involving Adam, Eve, Lilith, the serpent, and the apple, the well-deserved Biblical thunderbolt of prehistoric times, the roar of the Almighty and His pointed finger signifying expulsion – I know nothing about all that. It was my father who drove me out of paradise.

Meckel died in Freiburg on 29 January 2020, aged 84.[1][2]


Awards


Meckel received numerous literary prizes, including:


Works



Exhibition catalogues



Publications



Translations



Illustrated works



Further reading



References


  1. "Christoph Meckel ist tot". Börsenblatt (in German). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Hoffnung auf Hoffnung - Christoph Meckel liest aus seinen Texten über Roger Loewig". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 9 November 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. "Hölty-Preis für Lyrik / Die bisherigen Preisträger". Hanover (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "Antiquaria-Preis 2020 an Christoph Meckel". Börsenblatt (in German). 17 November 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "Ehrung für Müller, Weinrich und Meckel". Mitteldeutsche Zetung (in German). 7 May 2003. Retrieved 5 June 2011.



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[de] Christoph Meckel

Christoph Meckel (* 12. Juni 1935 in Berlin; † 29. Januar 2020 in Freiburg im Breisgau[1]) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Grafiker.
- [en] Christoph Meckel



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